Museum of the Cinema

The Cinémathèque Française aims to preserve and enrich film heritage documents and to ensure the broadcast and appreciation of French film by all

Visit the Museum of the Cinema with The Paris Pass®

• You can visit this attraction with the digital Paris Museum Pass. Please download it before you visit!
• Delve into the world of French cinema and learn its most famous stories and secrets
• Peruse thousands of objects used in film, including costumes, posters, set pieces and more
• Large program of educational events

The cinema has played a massively important part in French cultural life ever since it was invented. The Musée du Cinema celebrates the French love of film; it strives to remember the former glories and to educate and inspire a new generation of cinephiles.

The building in which the museum resides is itself a celebrated and beautiful work of architecture. Designed by Frank Gehry, who also designed the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, the museum is a maze of light and dark intended to evoke a projection booth.

The Cinémathèque Française contains 18,000 posters, 10,500 costumes and set drawings, 17,500 press reviews, 450,000 photos of shootings of more than 20,000 films and 6,000 directors, 18,700 books about movies, 467 periodic collections, 2,600 videos, and 1,350 DVDs.

The Cinémathèque Française is located in the district of Bercy. Bercy is an important cultural area and home to a number of architecturally interesting buildings including the sports palace and the funfair museum.

The museum has a large program of teaching and educational events with an emphasis on themes, periods, actors, and directors.

The Cinémathèque Française is one of the great specialist museums; an amazing collection in an amazing space. This is how it should be done. You can see it all with The Paris Pass.

Please note: this attraction is available as part of the digital Paris Museum Pass, which is included with your Go City All-Inclusive Pass. Please download it before you visit!

For the full list of attractions on the digital Paris Museum Pass, please visit our information page.

For more information visit the Museum of the Cinema website.